Electrical transport signatures of metallic surface state formation in the strongly-correlated insulator FeSb2

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Autori principali: Eaton, Alexander G., Popiel, Nicholas J. M., Xu, Ke-Jun, Hickey, Alexander J., Liu, Hsu, Hatnean, Monica Ciomaga, Balakrishnan, Geetha, Lange, Gunnar F., Slager, Robert-Jan, Shen, Zhi-Xun, Sebastian, Suchitra E.
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author Eaton, Alexander G.
Popiel, Nicholas J. M.
Xu, Ke-Jun
Hickey, Alexander J.
Liu, Hsu
Hatnean, Monica Ciomaga
Balakrishnan, Geetha
Lange, Gunnar F.
Slager, Robert-Jan
Shen, Zhi-Xun
Sebastian, Suchitra E.
author_facet Eaton, Alexander G.
Popiel, Nicholas J. M.
Xu, Ke-Jun
Hickey, Alexander J.
Liu, Hsu
Hatnean, Monica Ciomaga
Balakrishnan, Geetha
Lange, Gunnar F.
Slager, Robert-Jan
Shen, Zhi-Xun
Sebastian, Suchitra E.
contents We present local and nonlocal electrical transport measurements of the correlated insulator FeSb$_2$. By employing wiring configurations that delineate between bulk- and surface-dominated conduction, we reveal the formation of a metallic surface state in FeSb$_2$ for temperatures $\lessapprox 5$~K. This result is corroborated by an angular rotation study of this material's magnetotransport, which also shows signatures of the transition from bulk- to surface-dominated conduction over the same temperature interval as the local/nonlocal transport divergence. Notable similarities with the topological Kondo insulator candidate SmB$_6$ are discussed.
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spellingShingle Electrical transport signatures of metallic surface state formation in the strongly-correlated insulator FeSb2
Eaton, Alexander G.
Popiel, Nicholas J. M.
Xu, Ke-Jun
Hickey, Alexander J.
Liu, Hsu
Hatnean, Monica Ciomaga
Balakrishnan, Geetha
Lange, Gunnar F.
Slager, Robert-Jan
Shen, Zhi-Xun
Sebastian, Suchitra E.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We present local and nonlocal electrical transport measurements of the correlated insulator FeSb$_2$. By employing wiring configurations that delineate between bulk- and surface-dominated conduction, we reveal the formation of a metallic surface state in FeSb$_2$ for temperatures $\lessapprox 5$~K. This result is corroborated by an angular rotation study of this material's magnetotransport, which also shows signatures of the transition from bulk- to surface-dominated conduction over the same temperature interval as the local/nonlocal transport divergence. Notable similarities with the topological Kondo insulator candidate SmB$_6$ are discussed.
title Electrical transport signatures of metallic surface state formation in the strongly-correlated insulator FeSb2
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04550